Bringing another 50 acres onto the platform
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- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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It’ll be there a while to level that hill!Bringing another 50 acres onto the platform
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Reclaiming some from the sea ? [emoji23]Bringing another 50 acres onto the platform
Dead Rabbits
Member
- Location
- 'Merica
Silage mountain continues to grow
Happy hillbily
Member
- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Hate moving fences on this part of the field, especialy when its a little damp underfoot !
Slipping and sliding, could do with some crampons.
Slipping and sliding, could do with some crampons.
@Beef farmer will lend you his dozer when he’s finished levelling his hill !Hate moving fences on this part of the field, especialy when its a little damp underfoot !
Slipping and sliding, could do with some crampons.
Decent man on the dozer will have us levelled out by 5pm. Il get him to track on up. Be there for next spring
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Well thats the last of this years fert out.
Lets hope the weather is kind and the cows are still out till november ?
Lets hope the weather is kind and the cows are still out till november ?
Would love to spread some fert, but with no rain forecast it would be pointless. So so dry, its unrealWell thats the last of this years fert out.
Lets hope the weather is kind and the cows are still out till november ?
Happy hillbily
Member
- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
27mm this last week.
Since I started measuring 1st october 2018, we have had 1620mm, and I rate this last year as about avarage, i'd hate to think how much i would measure in a wet year
Since I started measuring 1st october 2018, we have had 1620mm, and I rate this last year as about avarage, i'd hate to think how much i would measure in a wet year
Wishful Thinker
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
Going to let the sheep clean up their grass. Hopefully calving at 22/23 months, think they need a bit of tlc, autumn grass just not cutting it.
Spudley
Member
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Bare in mind these are reds crossed with grazing jerseys and these are the two smallest but they're the ones I could easily find. They're between two biggish cows in the parlour and on the yard they're with freisian heifers.
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
What are there solids like compared to the jersey and the Friesians you milk ?Bare in mind these are reds crossed with grazing jerseys and these are the two smallest but they're the ones I could easily find. They're between two biggish cows in the parlour and on the yard they're with freisian heifers.
Spudley
Member
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
They're all heifers, their total solids are 1.31 kg per day, freisians 1.85 and jerseys (mostly heifers, a lot of jersians, all bought in and not expensive) 1.44.
Friesianfan
Member
- Location
- Cornwall
My first goonhilly James calf... A bull!
applejack
Member
- Location
- just south of middle england
That's a smart calf!
Think I’ve had a couple of heifers, must get some picturesMy first goonhilly James calf... A bull!
Friesianfan
Member
- Location
- Cornwall
Yes a nice calf. I was surprised he had so much white as James is very black. He will probably be genomically tested.
TheRanger
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
Other than getting rid, how would you stop cows throwing silage onto their backs? Have one at the moment that is really bad for it, she makes a considerable mess and is wasting quite a lot of the stuff
Also makes scraping up a PITA with a hand scraper.
Also makes scraping up a PITA with a hand scraper.